Horatio Alden Smith made the bulk of his fortune as the co-owner of the Smith and Wyman Sash and...
Twin Cities Area
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Waldmann Brewery and Wurstery is located near the Mississippi River in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It...
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Wonderland Amusement Parkโs Glass Castles
Landmark Center In St Paul
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
Wilder Public Baths
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
The Gates of Stonebridge
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
Frank E. Little Mansion in Minneapolis
The Eight Days in May Protests
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
The Womanโs Club of Minneapolis
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Swinford Apartments
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
District #28 School in Ramsey
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Robbinsdale Library
St. Agathaโs Conservatory of Music and Art
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Women’s City Club In St Paul
The Saint Paul Hotel
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Greater Minnesota
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Harry A. Subilia was an Italian immigrant who opened the first distillery in New Ulm, Minnesota. He...
The End of the Line in Currie
In 1899, the Des Moines Valley Railway Company began work on a plan to extend their rail line in...
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Exploring Ottawa
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Visiting Golden Gate
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
District 48 School Near Delano
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
The Church of the Holy Cross
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
Munger Terrace In Duluth
The Milford Monument
Endion Depot In Duluth
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Welcome To Old Wadena
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s...
Historic Franconia
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Red Wing Iron Works
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Lost Highway 61
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Jordan Brewery Complex
Green Lake Mounds
Endion School In Duluth
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Welcome To Cobden
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
The Little Marais Inn
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
The Le Sueur Theater
The Duluth Homestead Project
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
Oxford Mill Ruin
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Lundring Service Station in Canby
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
District 6 School in New Sweden
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Finding The Past In Swatara
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
State Theater In Hutchinson
Old Brewery In Preston
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Hollywood Town Hall
Swensonโs General Store in Norseland
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Remembering Quadna Resort
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Florence Town Hall
The Old School In Wolverton
The Almelund Creamery
Daniel Piper House in Medford
Welcome To Dotson
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Moderne New Ulm Library
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
The New Ulm Company Service Station
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Little Falls Depot
Meyer School In St Augusta
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Ruins of Sawyer School
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Historic Wasioja
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Hanover Bridge
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Welcome to Hanska
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Wandering Around The Toimi School
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
Joseph R. Brownโs Little Castle on the Prairie
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Enter Marlon Brando
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
The first burial took place at St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in 1884. The cemetery is located about three...
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Chester Township Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
Glader Cemetery in Lindstrรถm
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Golden Gate Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Chippewa City Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
A new dawn of mechanical advancement was brought to the forefront of American consciousness because...
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Pierre Bottineau was born around 1817 near Pembina in the Red River region of what is now North...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Roadtrips
Punished Woman’s Lake
I l-o-v-e historical markers. They often share hyper-local historical tidbits that people who donโt...
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Sometimes I stumble on something great as I drive from point A to point B, which is how I found one...

